Medical Updates

We have had (or are in the middle of) a month of medical crazyness with the boys.

Sam had his tubes surgery last weekend in Atlanta.  We did preop at Egleston and then went to the Atlanta Aquarium.  Sam had a great time, although by the time we had been there an hour or so he was spent.  We stayed the night at a facility run by Georgia Power.  It is a house for employees of GA Power who have to stay in Atlanta for medical procedures - like Ronald McDonald House.  We woke up bright and early the next day for Sam's tubes.  He was NOT a fan of putting on a hospital ID bracelet, and NOT a fan of putting on the gown.  But he was flying high after getting some Versed.  The surgery went fine, and Sam was brought back to us flying higher than when he left.  He was loopy, and agitated.  He puked a few times, which I thought was a bad omen for the rest of the day.  We loaded him in the car carefully (he still needed total assistance to keep his balance), but sleeping on the ride home and then taking a nap when he got home helped tremendously.  He apparently didn't have that bad of a time (or at least he has already totally forgotten) because he asked to go BACK to the doctor the next day!

And back he went.  We had our GI appointment in Macon this past Tuesday.  The GI feels that Sam's vomiting is highly unusual, and the fact that he throws up OLD food is highly unusual.  We are being sent for an Upper GI Series next week (Barium milk-shake and xrays) to look for any obvious anomalies.  If that isn't satisfactory, we will be going for a sedated scope...sigh.  Anything with sedation is a risk with Sam, so I'm sure it will be in Atlanta if we have to do it.

In the mean time, lil' Luke came down with a rough cold.  Then he started drooling a ton as he is already getting some teeth moving through his gums.  Combined, they caused one cranky baby.  He got sent home from daycare on Monday due to loose stools (surely the snot and drool he's been swallowing).  So Luke got a trip to the Pediatrician for himself on Tuesday - of course all is fine.  He went back to daycare and has been fine ever since.

BUT he will be going to the Urologist tomorrow to see what (if anything) needs to be done for his hypospadias.  It will be just me and Luke headed to Atlanta for that, so I'm planning a little trip to Ikea for us both...you know, to de-stress from all these medical things!

Our last and biggest medical event is Sam's heart cath, which will be October 14.  It can't come soon enough.  Sam is certainly getting out of breath quicker, although he doesn't seem to care or notice.